Are mov’d by offerings, vows, and sacrifice;

Offending man their high commission wins,

And daily prayers atone for daily sins.

Prayers are Jove’s daughters of celestial race,

Lame are their feet, and wrinkled is their face;

With humble mien, and with dejected eyes

Constant they follow, where Injustice flies.

Who hears these daughters of almighty Jove,

For him they mediate to the throne above;

When man rejects the humble suit they make